Guide
Turning a Car in a Space That Will Not Let You
Wheel dollies move a car sideways when the geometry says no. What they can carry, the surface they need, and the version of this that is genuinely unsafe.
4 min read
Small Garage
Working on a car in a space that is too small for it.
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Working on a Car in a Garage That Is Too Small
The car fits and nothing else does. What to protect, where to put things, and the order to fix a garage whose only real problem is the gap around the car.
Collection
The Small Garage Kit
Six things that earn a place in a garage the car barely fits into, ordered by what they prevent — and four that get sold for the job and do not.
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Guide
Folding Mirrors in a Tight Garage
Mirrors are the widest part of most cars and the first thing to touch a wall. Where the damage happens, and why wall padding usually sits at the wrong height.
4 min read
Guide
Getting In and Out When the Doors Barely Open
A door that opens far enough to drive is not far enough to get out of. The clearance you need is set by your shoulders, not by the car.
4 min read
Guide
Protecting a Car From Its Own Garage
Most garage damage is not the walls. It is a shelf corner, a bike pedal and a bin, all at exactly the height of a door and a wing.
4 min read
Guide
Working on the Side of the Car You Cannot Reach
One side of the car is against a wall and the job is on that side. Moving the car beats every tool sold to work around it, and the sequence matters most.
5 min read
Guide
Parking in the Same Spot Every Time
In a tight garage the parked position decides everything else. Three ways to make it repeatable, and why the free one is as good as the powered one.
4 min read
Guide
Stopping Car Doors Hitting Garage Walls
Door edges reach further and lower than people expect. What to pad, what to fit to the car instead, and why the wall is usually the wrong thing to fix.
4 min read
Guide
Working on a Car in a Garage That Is Too Small
The car fits and nothing else does. What to protect, where to put things, and the order to fix a garage whose only real problem is the gap around the car.
3 min read
Other things that might be annoying you
- Warning lightThe light is on and nobody can tell me why.
- A long drive coming upSix hours in the car and I have not thought about any of it.
- Wi-Fi that keeps droppingThe PC is upstairs and the router is by the front door.
- The desk is set up wrongThe screen is too low, the chair is too high, and I have never changed either.
- A screen that is hard to look atGlare across it, or text I keep leaning in to read.
- Stuck at the roadsideSomething failed away from home and I had nothing useful with me.
- Taking a handheld awayCharging it, filling it, and getting it there in one piece.
- A PC that will not startIt was fine yesterday and now nothing happens at all.
- A car that barely movesIt sits far more than it drives, and that is its own problem.
- Nobody can hear me properlyHum, echo, or a microphone that picks up every keystroke.
- Losing work to a power cutA flickering supply, a failing drive, and no backup worth the name.
- Dead batteryThe car sat for a month and now it won't turn over.
- No garage spaceThe car fits, but only just, and nothing else does.
- Car clutterEverything I own is loose in the trunk and rattling.
- Dirty interiorThe interior has grit in places a vacuum cannot reach.
- Bad lightingI cannot see what I am doing under the hood or under the car.
- Lost toolsI own three 10 mm sockets and can find none of them.
- Loud PCIt sounds like a hairdryer the moment a game loads.
- PC runs hotFrame rate drops after twenty minutes and never recovers.
- Cable messBehind the desk is one knot I refuse to look at.
- Cannot drillI rent, so nothing can leave a hole or a mark.
- Nowhere to put itThe flat is full and there is nowhere left to put anything.
- Bag will not closeIt all went in last time and now the case will not shut.
- Everything needs chargingFour devices, one socket, and a flight in the morning.